Eugene Alexander von Nagy KOBZA [????-????] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Eugene Alexander von Nagy KOBZA [????-????]

Names
Given: 
Eugene Alexander von Nagy
Family: 
Kobza
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased

He's mentioned as one of the three people involved in hiding the Chater collection in 1941:

     Shortly before Hong Kong was occupied by the Japanese in 1941, the Governor Sir Mark Aitchison Young ordered valuable works of Chater collection be hidden in the wine cellar and strong room in the basement of Government House. However the basement was considerably altered during the Japanese Occupation, the paintings were most probably discovered and removed by the Japanese troops. 

     There may be another secret store beside the basement. On December 8, 1941, Captain Batty-Smith, Aide-de-Camp to the Governor, had a secret meeting with von Kobza-nagy, a Hungarian expert and restorer, and Thomas Harmon of the Public Works Department. Later, documents reveal that valuable paintings of Chater Collection had their frames removed and then placed in sealed tins. They were buried in the garden of Government House. Only Batty-Smith, von Kobza-nagy and Thomas Harmon knew the exact location, but the mystery of the hidden paintings was buried after all three men died during the Japanese Occupation.

Extract from: http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200703/23/P200703220214.htm

Comments

He is listed in the 1941 Jurors List:

c   Kobza, Eugene Alexander von Nagy Managing Director, Kobza Art Studios, Ld. 818 King's Road, New Quarry Point.

There's an advert for him on page 2 of The Hong Kong Telegraph, 1931-07-15:

E. A. VON KOBZA-NAGY, B.A.

ART PHOTOGRAPHY,
Paintings from the Life. (sic)

Paintings restored.

Appointments arranged by
KOMOR & KOMOR